Bag-tie.



No. 663,540. Patented Dec. ll, I900.

- H. G. HANS-EN.

BAG TIE.

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NTTED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

HANS G. HANSEN, OF HOWARD LAKE, MINNESOTA.

BAG-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,540. dated December11, 1900- Application filed March 31, 1900. Serial No. 10,944:- (Nomodel.)

To (0Z6 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS G. HANSEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Howard Lake, in the county of Wright and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Ties, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding the end of afilled sack closed, its object being to provide a device which will holdthe end of the sack closed without the possibility of slipping orloosening and which can be easily removed and used an indefinite numberof times.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction andcombination hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a partial view of a sack,.showing its end held in closed positionby my device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of mydevice; and Figs. 4 and 5 are side elevations and plan views,respectively, of a modified form of device.

- In the drawings, A represents the sack, and B its open end. My deviceconsists of members 2 and 3, having pivotal connection 4:, the innerends of the members 2 and 3 being outwardly curved to form a centralopening, as shown in Fig. 3. The free ends of the members 2 and 3 aresubstantially straight, and the end of one of the members is formed witha notch 5 to receive the end of the opposite member, as shown in Fig. 3,although the is then placed between the members and the members closedto grip the loose end of the sack in the opening between the inner endsof the members 2 and 3. When the members 2 and 3 are turned to closedposition, the end of the member 3 is carried past the notch 5 andallowed to rest therein, as shown in Fig. 3. The pressure of the end ofthe sack between the members will hold the device closed. When it isdesired to release the device from the sack, the members are turned upontheir pivots sufficiently to release the members 3 from the notch 5, andthe members are then turned to open position.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the device is made out of wire,consisting of two members 7 and 8, corresponding to members 2 and 3 inthe preferred form. Instead of the notch 5 the member 7 is formed withan oifset 9, against which the opposite member bears when closed.

I claim-- 1. A bag-fastener consisting of two members pivot-ally securedtogether, the pivoted ends of the members being outwardly curved to forman intermediate opening to receive the end of the bag, the free end ofeach member beyond the curved portion being substantially straight,andthe offset upon the straight portion of one member adapted to be engagedby the straight portion of the other member.

2. A bag fastener consisting of two fiat members pivotally securedtogether, the pivoted ends of the members being outwardly curved to forman intermediate opening to receive the end of the bag, the free end ofeach member beyond the curved portion being substantially straight, andthe straight portion of one member being formed with a notch to receivethe edge of the opposite member.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HANS G. HANSEN.

Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, ELGIE H. EVANS.

